Woke up at 6:30. Got dressed, packed, and waited outside the rooms until 7 for our morning gathering. We went north a block into the muslim district again for breakfast, this time I pointed to a paomo place and asked if I could eat there. About half the group ended up eating there. This is… Continue reading October 26 – Tourism

Got up at 6:30 on the train. We were stopped at a station, it was not the xian station. At about 7:30 we got to xian after a couple more starts and stops. took taxis from the train station a few blocks to our hostel. Dropped our bags, and went to find some breakfast. We… Continue reading October 25 – In XiAn

Woke up at 9ish. Reviewed the article that I was talking about, packed, and then went to class. Class was cool, we talked for the first hour on newspaper articles Me and Sergio had picked out. Mine was on windows black-screen initiative. Microsoft has started a newer enforcement of pirated windows where the bad copies… Continue reading October 24 – To XiAn

Got up at 7am. Took the midterm. It went fine, I can write well now, although my reading comprehension isn’t as good. A reversal from where I’ve been before, which is cool. It gives me something different to focus on, especially since I feel like I’ve got the memorization thing down pretty well at this… Continue reading October 23 – Finale

Got up at 7, fairly tired out. Went to class, did fine on the dictations and homework and such-forth. We went over on time a little bit, so that we’re all squared away before the exam. Spent the rest of the morning finishing the math and beginning to review everything. Did math tutoring for a… Continue reading October 22 – Mid Week Push

got up at about 8:30-ish. Did a round of studying through the Chinese. Got through the reading for math, and began working through the problem set. Went out to the store to get a quick lunch. Came back, did another round of chinese, wrote out the set for tomorrow, since class wasn’t until the afternoon.… Continue reading October 21 – Studying

Got up at 6:30, finished up my homework from last night. Probably made the right decision in going to bed early, since I had a headache and wasn’t being productive. Went to class, sergio was less prepared than me, but neither of us did that well on recall of the words. Prof. wang was pretty… Continue reading October 20 – back in the fray

Got up at 6:30 – woken up by Matt getting up. he said that the chickens had woken him up. We stood around somewhat awkwardly until breakfast was ready. I took some photos of the house, we walked up onto the roof to look at the village in the morning, and helped feed wood into… Continue reading October 19 – Wedding and Return

got up at 7, woke up quietly without getting matt up. got to the main room, and waited for breakfast. Yu jia (the son), and matt got up when breakfast was ready. Breakfast was really good. There were bread with egg on, porridge, pickled veggies. After breakfast We went over for class at 8. We… Continue reading October 18 – Village, Part Two

Got up at 7 as always. I got up and grabbed some baozi before getting on the bus at 8:30. The bus took close to 2 hours. We ended up directly north of beijing. We left the bus at the town center, currently a make-shift market, but also doubling as a taichi and basketball court.… Continue reading October 17 – Rural Village